New Zealand Trip: Day 1 – Wed 3rd Feb, 2010
We started this morning at Brisbane airport sleeping on quite comfy foam chairs. To our delight we were treated to a spectacular sunrise and had front row seats for one of god’s dramatic light displays. What a wonderful introduction to our holiday.
We left home at 09.30 on Monday. A 6 hour journey to Dubai a mad rush through the x-ray machine and on to the next terminal to catch our connection to Brisbane via Singapore, which were 2 more 6 hour flights. The aeroplanes were ok, the food was good, we met some nice people and I managed to watch 7 films! We enjoyed free drinks so we arrived in Brisbane at 1am and our flight was at 8:30am. As we were having breakfast we realised the time was not 7.30am as we had thought but 6.30am. Better than 8.30am I suppose.
Thankfully Brisbane was a really nice airport. Very clean and a relaxed atmosphere.
So, our next flight was to Auckland only 2.5 hours this time. Until now we’ve not had to collect our luggage, so this stop took a little longer. At last we were in New Zealand, but our travels were not over yet. A one hour flight to Christchurch on the South Island, and a car journey to our hotel. The hire car is nice, a Toyota Corrolla. We cruised our way to down town Christchurch. We checked in to the hotel. My first experience of valet parking. At 8.30pm we go far a wonder around town. It’s quite quiet. A really pretty city, very tranquil but enough life to make it interesting. A beautiful cathedral. We’re in bed by 9.40pm, and looking toward to a nights sleep after 40 hours or so traveling.
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